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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | So I went to New Hartford today to drop off my damaged 2001-X Redwood Ovation, but there was an ulterior motive: Look what was waiting for me!
This guitar took a very long and winding road to come to be. It began as a beautiful Custom Elite that I sold in a moment of weakness and got damaged while shipping. I was originally going to put this neck on a deep bowl guitar with a fantastic quilted maple top, but an oversight led to this neck not fitting properly. So the neck got shelved for nearly a year until John Budny and I could come up with this!
I owe a special thanks to luthier Harvey Leach for allowing me to purloin a piece of AAAAA-Grade koa from his personal stash. And boy did he come through in spades! The flame is mesmerizing. The tone is lovely. The overall effect is spectacular!
The guitar has a very brassy sound with lots of zing backed by very good bass response. As I had hoped, it sounds completely different from every other Ovation I own. The set up is flawless. The OP-Pro Studio pre-amp is my favorite for a reason. And just in case you can't tell......
I'm quite pleased with this guitar!
Once again; many, MANY thanks to everyone in New Hartford! 
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Location: sitting at my computer | Just don't CrackTheKoa!! Those Conn-eddy-cutt folks sure do nice work! Are those tuner buttons koa too?
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Location: California | Patch- this is a beautiful guitar and I am sure sounds fantastic.
JB and luthiers did a goog job! Congratulations on this great custom guitar project. Now, I feel like sending my 78 CL for a rejuventing setup.
So, New Hartford did it again.
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Love the inlaid epis. Fantastic appearance. You have quilted Koa. Fabulous. Patch wins for the best lookers! |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | SOBeach - 2012-08-27 6:55 PM
Just don't CrackTheKoa!! Those Conn-eddy-cutt folks sure do nice work! Are those tuner buttons koa too?
Good catch on the buttons SOBeach. I got them from Al; some of his super nice rosewood buttons to match the fretboard.  |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Daddy likes! |
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Location: Newington, CT | Wow! Double wow! Just gorgeous! You're a lucky man... |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Very nice. Just what you needed to wipe away the tears from the other one. |
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Location: Northwest Arkansas | Sweet guitar. Love the tuner buttons and the unique bridge. Spectacular.
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Location: Chicago | Stupendous. A Fantasmagoria! A paranormal guitar! |
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Location: Newington, CT | I think it's just one normal guitar... |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | "thats a spicy meatball"....double thumbs up... |
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Location: Jet City | I'm sure it'll sound awesome in about 5 years... Koa really impresses me after it opens up some. |
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Location: Tennessee | You should get mother's little helpers to put a koa veneer on the headstock. That would totally complete the look. |
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Location: south east Michigan | yeah... that would have done the trick. |
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Location: south east Michigan | yeah... that would have done the trick. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Gotta agree....body looks fantastic but a mismatched headstock. but who cares as long as it sounds as good as it looks.
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | I thought about the re-doing the headstock, but it was more effort, not to mention expense, than it was worth. I even toyed with the idea of putting a faux koa TRC there, but eventually decided the burst finish was good enough. |
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Location: Flahdaw | stonebobbo - 2012-08-28 4:19 PM
You should get mother's little helpers to put a koa veneer on the headstock. That would totally complete the look.
That's EXACTLY what I was thinking when I saw this. Beautiful deck on that guitar tho!!!!Wow! |
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Location: New Hartford CT | That's the most beautiful top I've ever seen. |
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Location: Suisun City, Ca | patchmcg - 2012-08-27 6:36 PM
Pure beauty! Does that fretboard "float" like a 1537?
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Location: Visalia, CA | If I have to ever sell a beautiful guitar (like this one) - or even an ugly one - I want Patch to take the pictures for me.
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Too much bling.
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Ha ha ha... Just said that because it's an oximoron. I STILL wish they could do something other-than-white with the binding on a nice wood-topped guitar with inlay. |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | I'm with you Vince. I typically don't get the white binding, but I had to match the binding on the original neck. I asked if they could rebind the neck with walnut, but they said it would tear up the abalone lining the fretboard. I have several wood O's with either tortoise or walnut binding around the abalone, and they look great I think.
As far as the floating fretboard goes, I don't know. I'll check when I get a chance.
Also after careful consideration, I've also decided I kind of like the headstock. If I couldn't get it redone, I prefer the burst finish with the koa to a natural one for example. Still, I admit to a bit of bias in this case. |
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KRAKAKOA!! Words can't describe it, but I'm gonna try.....